Communities and businesses across Sydney, the Blue Mountains and the Illawarra are well on their way to securing an enduring, sustainable and resilient water supply after the NSW Government launched the Greater Sydney Water Strategy (GSWS) today.
The GSWS will deliver:
🔘 Improved water efficiency, leakage management and reuse programs to save Greater Sydney up to 49 billion litres of water every year by 2040;
🔘 New flexible operating rules for the Sydney Desalination Plant that will enhance our resilience by allowing up to 20 extra billion litres of water per year to be produced – and more when needed;
🔘 Options to expand the desalination plant, which could add another 90 billion litres per year, or a new desalination;
🔘 Investment in treated re-use programs for watering trees, sports fields, cooling and greening the city, and industrial use; and
🔘 Smarter use of stormwater with integration into land use planning. This is already underway with the stormwater vision for the new Aerotropolis precinct. In a first for the State, stormwater will be managed across the entire landscape, diverted into natural water channels and wetlands, and then treated as recycled water to green and cool Sydney’s West.
Learn more here:
New era of water security for greater Sydney
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